FoodSavvy Recipes
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Vegan Banana Bread
A delicious egg free banana bread recipe. This is a great way to use up those brown squidgy bananas and create a tasty treat for the family.
Pumpkin and Coconut Cake
If you're carving a jack-o'-lantern this Halloween, save the flesh and use it to make this delicious pumpkin and coconut cake.
Ribollita
This hearty ribollita recipe from Tuscany is a triumph of humble Italian cooking. Made of stale bread and a mixture of vegetables, it is a delicious, nourishing soup that is more than the sum of its parts. The dish gets even better with reheating, so ensure you make plenty to enjoy the next day.
Hake Brandade with Poached Eggs
Popular in France, Spain and across the Mediterranean. A great way to use up leftover milk, potato, bread and cooked fish or fish trimmings, which are some of the most wasted foods in the UK. A wonderful, creamy dish with a deep taste of the sea.
Potato, Egg and Kale Breakfast Tray Bake
This potato, kale and egg breakfast tray bake is a fail safe breakfast recipes for when you *think* there is nothing to have for breakfast. But after a little *fridge forage* you’re ready to go on this amazing start to the day.
Potato Ishtoo
This creamy Potato Ishtoo is a great way to use up any fresh coconut milk you may have left over to make a comforting dish.
Turkey and sprout hash
This dish is a delicious way to use up two festive favourites – turkey and brussel sprouts! You can also add in any left over parsnips or carrots, as well as cabbage.
Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes
Surprise your trick-or-treaters with these delicious cupcakes with pumpkins. A delicious sponge decorated with chocolate cobwebs, best served with candy spiders.
Zero Waste Vegetable Stock
This aromatic vegetable stock is a great way to use up vegetable peelings, skins, tops, bottoms and all the other bits that otherwise wouldn't end up in your final dish.
Roast squash, sage and hazelnut pasta sauce
This dish is inspired by the flavours of the colder months in the year. Using few ingredients this is asuper easy meal to put together.
Red Pepper Hummus
This is a flexible recipe, where you can use wrinkly roasted peppers or even some lacklustre parsley to add a burst of colour and flavour to your hummus.
Zesty Broccoli Pesto
Broccoli is in season in the UK throughout March, April, May. In this recipe it provides a mouth-watering alternative in pesto to herbs such as basil.
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